Relapse. It seems easy enough to talk about relapse until it is happening to you or someone you love. It’s hard to know what to do when a recovering alcoholic relapses, especially when all your efforts up to that point have been on keeping that from happening. Shame and guilt are often layered on top…
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Binge drinkers consume alcohol in large enough quantities to get legally drunk in two hours or less. In the U.S., people on drinking binges account for an astounding 90% of all the alcohol consumed by underage drinkers, and over 50% of all the alcohol consumed by drinkers of legal age. However, is binge drinking a…
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Living with a drug addict spouse often leads to a life full of turbulence and unpredictability. Your spouse probably has a lot of mood swings or emotional outbursts, and each day you may wonder what’s going to happen next. He or she may stay out later and later each night and sooner or later doesn’t…
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How can a heavy drinker do a liver detox? The best way is to stop drinking altogether. The liver’s primary role is to rid the body of toxins. If left to do its job, the liver can detox itself just fine. However, bombarding it with alcohol over and over again can cause irreversible scar tissue…
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“Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight,” the captain reels off as we push backward. Come again? The ever-shrinking seat, disappearing legroom and crowded planes these days make it nearly impossible to do any of those things. Sometimes it seems the only way to “enjoy” a flight is to sleep away the time. And if…
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Cirrhosis of the liver is a condition in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue. This scar tissue is not able to perform the important filtering mechanisms that healthy liver tissue does, thus decreasing the overall function of the liver. There are multiple ways in which cirrhosis of the liver can develop. Drinking…
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The Right Step Houston is a mainstay in the Houston recovery community. Due to Hurricane Harvey, all seven of our Houston-area alcohol and drug rehab centers were evacuated and shortly thereafter reopened. While our staff and clients are safe and we are grateful to be open and serving clients and their families, our hearts and…
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In today’s world, significant numbers of women equate alcohol consumption with personal choice and social freedom. Unfortunately, women who drink have higher chances of developing serious alcohol problems than their male counterparts. One of the most dangerous forms of drinking for women (and men) is the intoxication-promoting practice known as binge drinking. A brief overview…
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The Right Step’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jason Powers is among the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Here is a first-hand account of his rescue. We have flooded twice before and it was inevitable that we would play this game again. We all thought it would be a foot or two, maybe three at the most.…
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For every recovering alcoholic, relapse is a persistent and ominous threat. Once they’ve stopped drinking, the alcoholic would dearly like to believe they’ve banished the substance from their lives forever. Studies, however, suggest that more than half of all recovering alcoholics relapse at some point. In many instances, relapse is a temporary setback. Nevertheless, a…
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